Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य सोमनाथस्य नांतरं दृश्यते क्वचित् । यात्रा श्रीसोमनाथस्य संपूर्णा कृष्णदर्शनात्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya somanāthasya nāṃtaraṃ dṛśyate kvacit | yātrā śrīsomanāthasya saṃpūrṇā kṛṣṇadarśanāt

Translation

കൃഷ്ണനും സോമനാഥനും തമ്മിൽ എവിടെയും ഭേദം കാണപ്പെടുന്നില്ല. ശ്രീസോമനാഥ തീർത്ഥയാത്ര കൃഷ്ണദർശനത്താൽ പൂർണ്ണമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्तरम्: difference/interval
• अन्तरम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘न अन्तरम्’ = no difference

• दृश्यते: is seen
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (at any place/ever)

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रीसोमनाथस्य: of revered Somanātha
• श्रीसोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: श्रीमान् सोमनाथः (कर्मधारय)

• संपूर्णा: complete
• संपूर्णा: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यात्रा)

• कृष्णदर्शनात्: from/because of seeing Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णदर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; समास: कृष्णस्य दर्शनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); हेतौ (because of/from)

Speaker

Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Somanātha–Prabhāsa with Dvārakā completion

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘putra’ (son) in surrounding verses; specific interlocutors not explicit in the given excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands between the Somanātha liṅga and a radiant Kṛṣṇa icon, visually merging Śiva’s liṅga with Kṛṣṇa’s presence to signify abheda; the sea of Prabhāsa glimmers behind.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel is framed as an integrated Śiva–Kṛṣṇa devotion: seeing Kṛṣṇa fulfills the Somanātha pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā for Kṛṣṇa-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete the Somanātha yātrā by proceeding to obtain Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.